

Sure, a variety of our bars and restaurants offer special Cinco de Mayo promotions. May events in San Diego this year are food and drink related. As schools let out, the prices start to rise later in the month.īook as soon as possible (I literally can’t say this enough because you never know what a difference a day makes - sometimes it’s $100/night). When it comes to price, the earlier you can come in May, the happier your wallet will be.

You’ll be near San Diego Zoo Safari Park, have easy access to golf and spa on the resort, great pools, and they’ll take good care of you. You can check into the lovely Rancho Bernardo Inn (a great option in any weather but located in our Inland Valley microclimate). However, if you want to avoid coastal cloud cover, you could stay inland, but this isn’t a guarantee of perpetual sunshine. Plus, most of the time, it burns off by the afternoon when most people go to the beach anyway. I say yes, because we may not have May Gray at all. One question that I’m asked frequently is whether it’s still worth spending more for San Diego hotels on the beach during May Gray. Prices will only rise between now and September.
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Many popular hotels are full already during some summer dates. If you are thinking of visiting San Diego during the summer of 2021, please book your trip now. You can rent wetsuits, including kids’ sizes (call ahead for availability) at various surf shops and surfing schools around San Diego. But, for water sports, you’ll want more warmth. Kids especially don’t seem to mind the chilly water. You’ll see people without wetsuits enjoying the ocean. More people will be staying on the beaches to watch the sunset, maybe even scoring some fire pits where available for evening grilling. The time has changed and the days are longer. Yes! You will start to see more San Diegans enjoying beaches in San Diego in May (especially later in the month) because the ambient weather is warmer and the ocean temperatures are ever-so-slightly warmer. Ocean temperature (high/low): 64.5☏/60.7☏Ĭan You Go to the Beach in May? A May morning on the beach in Coroando.Average temperature (high/low): 69☏/59☏.Here are your San Diego March weather statistics (coastal region): Looking at the weather in each microclimate will help you decide what to pack (layers). Desert: Borrego Springs (where Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is located).Inland Valleys: Rancho Bernardo, Escondido (where San Diego Zoo Safari Park is located), Ramona.Coastal: Coronado, La Jolla, Del Mar, Solana Beach, Encinitas, Carlsbad, Oceanside, Downtown San Diego.Put in the city within San Diego County that you’re headed to like: It’s giving you data for the City of San Diego in the coastal region, not for the full county. However, if just punch in “San Diego” on your weather app, it’s may not give you the data you’re looking for. Our local television stations give weather forecasts by microclimates. The thing about May is that while it might be foggy on the coast, that’s not usually the case inland. We have four microclimates in San Diego: coastal, inland valleys, mountains, and desert. Last year wasn’t an El Nino year, but we didn’t have much May Gray in 2020 (though we were under a stay-at-home order and couldn’t enjoy it anyway). In El Nino years, with warmer ocean temperatures, the morning cloud cover tends not to form. On any given day, we might have coastal low cloud cover in the morning that can sometimes burn off in the afternoon. The non-technical explanation for this is as follows. San Diego (and coastal Southern California) experiences a weather phenomenon called “May Gray.” Let’s address the elephant in the room that residents know well, but many travelers may not be aware of. San Diego Weather in May A mai tai from the Beach and Taco Shack at Hotel del Coronado that I ordered in May.
